Dearest Dave,

Yes, the night of Wednesday 13th is all right. The only pity is that I shall be at ‘Grimes’ - but perhaps you are going too? Anyway, I could pick you up in town afterwards, as I will have to drive Tim Scott to Paddington after the show is over, as he has to get back to his R.A.F. dump.

It's a great tragedy about the Gallery [the closing down of the Concerts on 10 April]. I think, however, much worse is the Trustees’ manner of doing it, which you shall hear when we meet.

Alas, I missed Paul's broadcast of the Bagatelles [G.F.'s]. I'm glad it was satisfactory; but I'm puzzled to know why they didn't ask me to play them with her. I shall look into that.

Let me know where to pick you up on Wednesday. Love, Howard.

Dearest Dave,

Many thanks for your letter. I think something should be done about it, but I don't know quite what. Myra is almost demented at the moment, what with one thing and another, and our usual ‘point of contact’ [Sir Stafford Cripps] is, as you know, away in India. But we'll see.

How very odd about your Haydns. I got a complete set of the 83 Quartets in the little Heckel edition this week too! Notfor 10/6; still it was worth it. The only difference seems to be that mine is in 6 volumes, and you say yours is in 5. [I later discovered that one of the Quartets was missing from my set.] I've now got all the Heckel scores, except the little volume of Mozart Divertimentos (Sextets) which I'm still looking out for. [I never found one.] Love, Howard

Dearest Dave,

Thanks for letting me know about the eggs. Nols gets home today, I think, so probably I'll hear from him and the eggs at the same time. If not, I'll do something about it before they have a chance to wither away.